I first saw Evil Dead 2 in the theater. I was in college, and the town had a two-plex theater (it was a smallish town, and multiplexes hadn't really caught on yet). I went to see Light of Day, an awful "rock and roll" movie with Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox. It was so boring I actually got up in the middle of it to go to the lobby and make a phone call. ED2 was playing in the other theater, and I heard huge amounts of screaming. It piqued my curiosity, so I went to see it the next night. That audience (and I) laughed our heads off at Ash's antics, and I, who had not been a huge horror-movie fan up until then, started renting every horror movie on the video store shelves. So for me, too, ED2 was something of a life changer.

It also put Bruce Campbell up there as one of the few stars I would seek out in other movies.

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"They tap dance not, neither do they fart." --Greensleeves, on the Fig Men of the Imagination, in "Twice Upon a Time."

I feel this should be on the top ten of any list of greatest horror films of all time. I liked it better than the first and way better than AOD. Despite the fact the film makes no sense at all. Great fun.

The first time I saw it, it made no sense. This time, it made plenty of sense. Odd.

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"Slugs? He created slugs? I would have started with lasers, six o'clock, day one!" -- Evil, Time Bandits

Without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all time! I have a huge fondness for all three (often doing the three movie marathon), but, for me, Evil Dead 2 absolutely nails the balance of horror and comedy.

I saw the new sequel/remake/reimaging - it wasn't too bad for a modern horror movie, but it certainly lacked even a small amount of levity to break up the horror. I'm not sorry I spent money to see it, but probably won't need to see it again...

I love the Evil Dead films and agree that you must see them. I too am not a big fan of re-makes, long over due sequels/prequels, but as I have said before I need to see it to judge it and from what I have heard from other fans, it sounds pretty good. Bruce even condones it.